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Harry Haft
Alan Scott Haft
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Description for Harry Haft
Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival depended on his ability to fight and win. Presenting a story of endurance, desperation, and love, this title provides the first-hand testimony of the author's father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations, 2 forewords. BIC Classification: BGS; HBJD; HBTZ1; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, and unrequited love. Harry Haft was a sixteen-year-old Polish Jew when he entered a concentration camp in 1944. Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival depended on his ability to fight and win. Haft details the inhumanity of the ""sport"" in which he must perform in brutal contests for the officers. Ultimately escaping the camp, Haft's experience left him an embittered and pugnacious ... Read more
Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, and unrequited love. Harry Haft was a sixteen-year-old Polish Jew when he entered a concentration camp in 1944. Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival depended on his ability to fight and win. Haft details the inhumanity of the ""sport"" in which he must perform in brutal contests for the officers. Ultimately escaping the camp, Haft's experience left him an embittered and pugnacious ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Religion, Theology and the Holocaust
Number of Pages
172
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815608233
SKU
V9780815608233
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About Alan Scott Haft
Alan Scott Haft is the eldest son of Harry Haft. He graduated from Queens College and received his J.D. from University of Miami Law School in 1978. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife, Gail, and two daughters, Hartley and Jamie.
Reviews for Harry Haft
The riveting and tragic story of Harry Haft should be, indeed, must be told, for Holocaust narratives have the mandate to provide a lesson for generations to come. I might go even so far as to state that the Harry Haft story is what Hollywood movies are made of. - George Eisen, author of Ethnicity and Sport in North American ... Read more